Achieving health equity
By Anthony Barrueta, Senior Vice President, Government Relations The following was published on www.aboutkaiserpermanente.org in July 2021
Improved public health relies on stronger partnerships
By David Grossman, MD, Senior Vice President, Social and Community Health The following was published on www.aboutkaiserpermanente.org in February 2022
Community Drivers of Health: Policy Paper Series
Economic and social conditions influence health A new series of policy papers offers some of the most comprehensive analyses to date of key economic and social conditions that influence health – food, housing and transportation – and shares evidence-based policy…
California models universal coverage goals
By John Garcia, Vice President, Government Relations The following was published on www.aboutkaiserpermanente.org in August 2021
Beyond advocacy: Requiring vaccination to stop COVID-19
By Anthony Barrueta, Senior Vice President, Government Relations The following was published on www.aboutkaiserpermanente.org in October 2021
Using COVID-19 relief aid to support student and staff health
For the past decade, the two of us working in different cities for different organizations have found ourselves coming together to support vulnerable students. Whether its pushing for better access to health services at school, advocating for better attention to…
Reflections on the perils and promise of telehealth
Last month I had an opportunity to speak at a Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy forum and it sparked an important conversation about the power and potential risks of telehealth. The field has advanced in many ways over the last…
Housing for health Covid-19 response
Supporting safe, stable housing during the Covid-19 pandemic. This brief details how Kaiser Permanente accelerated efforts to increase affordable housing, address homelessness, and advance health equity in the communities we serve during the Covid-19 pandemic. Download the brief.
Long overdue: Addressing black maternal health in the United States
Not long ago, a friend of mine died a week after delivering her baby. As her friend, I was devastated. As an obstetric nurse, I was baffled – my friend was black, over 35 years old, and had a pre-existing…
Building a resilient and responsive U.S. health care system
As the United States continues to address immediate public health and safety needs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaiser Permanente is also looking to the future and modeling the way to a health care system that is sustainable and could…